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From: | Ed Ardzinski |
Subject: | RE: Why do so many newcomers post to bug-lilypond? |
Date: | Tue, 4 Nov 2008 22:12:31 +0000 |
> Regarding those newbies who are looking for a GUI: > Why don't we publish a screenshot or two? With regards to the many very-valid-varied comments, maybe should be a "gallery" of how people do work with LP? I personally use my own editor, and surely see different screen shots than probably everybody! I'm sure I could provide a cool shot of TWO Windows DOS screens! Seriously - I saw a link to a jEdit/Lilypond Tool page in this thread, and it showed me a lot I'd never thought about or seen before. From my Microsoft/PC perspective, shots showing how the files look in several editors seems like a good idea to me. Certainly I was drawn to Lilypond by finding out how it worked, but it seems that many times you have to beat people "upside the head" with technical instructions any more. So a lot of pictures might be a good idea, and/or a resource to see/read descriptions of how to work with different tools. THAT might be a way to get the point across that LP is not only different/better/free but allows you to find the way that works best for your tastes. Some people might actually LIKE Notepad!! > Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 21:41:17 +0100 > From: address@hidden > To: address@hidden > Subject: Re: Why do so many newcomers post to bug-lilypond? > > 2008/11/4 fiëé visuëlle <address@hidden>: > > > > Am 2008-11-04 um 21:10 schrieb Mats Bengtsson: > > > >> fiëé visuëlle wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> Users are looking for screenshots if they evaluate a new application (at > >>> least I do), and if we show a shot of a terminal window of a LilyPond > >>> session and another of some text editor with a piece of score, and add a > >>> comment like "yes, that's how LilyPond looks", perhaps we could reduce those > >>> noob questions a bit. > >> > >> The only problem is that the screenshot will look very > >> different depending on what your favorite text editor > >> looks like. For Windows, we could certainly show a > >> screenshot using the Lilypad editor, but it's far from the > >> best editor. If you want selling screenshots, see > >> http://lilypondtool.organum.hu/demo.html > > > > The editor doesn't matter. It's important to show a command line. > > I don´t agree. If I have jEdit and LilyPondTool I DON´T NEED the command line. > So why should we shock newcomers with a command line? > I know two people using LilyPond to typeset beautiful music who are > not familiar with the command line, maybe they even don´t know what > exactly the command line is used for. > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > address@hidden > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user Want to read Hotmail messages in Outlook? The Wordsmiths show you how. Learn Now |
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